Raincatcher’s Garden of Midway Hills has been a Dallas County Master Gardener research, education, and demonstration project since 2014.  Open to the community every day, the garden has become a favorite location for outdoor lessons for the students at the da Vinci School next door.

Neighbors can often be found picnicking under the shade pavilion or strolling through the gardens after dinner to enjoy the serenity and scent of blooming flowers and herb-lined pathways. With the monarch butterfly migration in spring and fall, photographers delight in capturing their stopovers at the Certified Monarch Waystation.  The courtyard terrace and edible landscape have become focal points for gatherings.

Garden demonstration areas are divided into north and central locations. The gardens in the north part of the campus include the shade pavilion, which is available to reserve through the church office. Gardens in the central part of the campus extend from the parking lot through the courtyard terrace and out to Midway Road.

North garden areas include a pollinator garden, color wheel, fruit orchard, vegetable beds, a new donation garden, mixed borders of assorted bulbs, landscape trees, and a composting area.  The rain garden, courtyard terrace and edible landscape may be found in the central garden area.

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Master Gardeners are on site every Tuesday from 9 am until noon to manage and care for over a dozen different garden areas and over 500 plant varieties. The vegetable team also works on Monday mornings.